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1 arrested following SE OKC standoff; Woman's body found

Gerald David Hume, 52, in custody

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Updated: 8:29 PM CST Nov 14, 2012

Gerald Hume, 52, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder* as well as two counts of pointing a firearm at officers. Click here to read the story.*The charge of first-degree murder is pending a ruling on the cause of death by the medical examiner.

1 arrested following SE OKC standoff; Woman's body found

Gerald David Hume, 52, in custody

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Updated: 8:29 PM CST Nov 14, 2012

OKLAHOMA CITY —

A standoff overnight in Southeast Oklahoma City has become a homicide investigation Wednesday.

The out-of-state family of an elderly woman called police Friday asking officers to do a welfare check on the 77-year-old. When police arrived at the home near South Bryant Avenue and Northeast 27th Street, the woman's son answered the door. Gerald David Hume, 52, told police that his mother was out of town.

On Sunday the woman's out-of-state relatives again called police to say they still had not heard from her. Officers returned to the home in the 11000 block of South Bryant Avenue and were told by Hume, who police said is mentally ill, that his mother was inside the home and OK. Hume refused to allow investigators into the home.

While police were at the home they said they saw a car with suspicious wiring as well as several gas cans nearby and called the bomb squad in to investigate. Officers said there was no bomb in the car and police left.

Monday, police again went to the home after a call from the woman's family asking them to check on her. Hume again told police his mother was OK and refused to allow officers into the home.

Tuesday, the woman's family called police a fourth time concerned about her welfare. Investigators then discovered that the woman was last seen alive on Nov. 5.

Officers returned to the home with a search warrant about 5 p.m. Tuesday. Hume refused to allow police into the home and an overnight standoff began.

About 3:45 a.m. Wednesday police forced entry into the home, after Hume quit communicating with officers, and shot Hume with bean bags in an attempt to subdue him. Hume was then taken to a hospital after suffering some injuries from the bean bags. He is expected to be OK, according to officers.

Police said the body of a woman was found in the home. Investigators have not released any information about the woman's identity.

Hume has been arrested on a charge of first-degree murder as well as two counts of pointing a firearm at officers.

The woman's body has been turned over to the State Medical Examiner to determine her cause of death. Murder charges are pending until the cause of death is determined, according to police.